By: Mike Torres
Great write-up. I do much of the same except I use a 2TB Iomega StorCenter NAS and rip to WMA Lossless. I actually dual-rip to MP3 for those tracks I want to get onto my iPod, but otherwise WMA...
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If you have a PC, I highly recommend using dBpoweramp to rip your CDs to Apple Lossless. It supports AccurateRip and uses the allmedia (AMG) guide for metadata, including the UPC of each CD. The...
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By: John Zeratsky
PJ — Good point about transcoding. I probably erred on the side of compatibility at the expense of quality and longevity. Oh well… if it really bothered me I would’ve ripped everything to AIFF
View ArticleBy: zed
I was so excited when I read the reader’s question, because I too have many CDs (probably more like 800) and I’ve wanted to invest in a good CD cabinet, but have never quite found one that would hold...
View ArticleBy: PJ Doland
If the experience of the CD packaging is really important to you, then nice shelving is probably your best bet. Last week’s post about this had some good options regarding different types of...
View ArticleBy: PJ Doland
Nobody ever said it was a radically new approach to music management. The reader asked for a good solution for dealing with the clutter caused by a large music collection. That’s what we presented.
View ArticleBy: Kort
As an audiophile myself with roughly 1,000 CDs I made a tough decision this year. I got rid of all of the packaging. The jewel cases were so heavy they ripped through the garbage bags I was bringing...
View ArticleBy: Adam
‘unobtainium-plated interconnects sheathed in endangered panda skin for optimum voodoo-shielding’ Thanks for that… I have feared that this blog was a little too serious for its own good, but this...
View ArticleBy: Clara
It’ll be good if those discarded or to-be-discarded CD cases can be put to other good use, otherwise many times we unclutter at the expanse of contributing to more waste…this cycle does not seem to end.
View ArticleBy: Kurt
I am all for getting rid of clutter, and I am an audiophile, but I just don’t consider CDs to be clutter. I like having shelves full of organized music. Clutter is a mess. If your CDs are organized, it...
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There is something to be said for keeping the physical CD – the artwork that comes with the CD, if nothing else. And for those of us who do still collect music physically, putting those CDs in lidded...
View ArticleBy: Jason
You might also consider the Sonos Digital Music System (http://www.sonos.com) for a system that is easier to setup than Squeezebox. It was reviewed in Stereophile...
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A little late to the party, but I’ve been using storage boxes from Ikea along with CD sleeves (originally Case Logic, but I switched to the cheaper ones from Staples). That way, anything that isn’t in...
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